2012-09-30

NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 5

The bye weeks are kicking in at the top, so 10 5-0 teams have displaced Notre Dame this week, along with West Virginia and Texas Tech at 4-0. Are there usually still 22 undefeated teams 5 weeks into the season? I guess I can't easily find whether it's true "usually", but I can compare to Week 5, 2011, when there were just 15.

Mizzou beat #68 UCF to rise up to #38. On the upside, their strength of schedule for future games will help keep them afloat. On the downside, the tough schedule will drop them a little (or a lot) with every loss.